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764 INDEX ' '
Child-birth, facts relating to in Seniang
and Mewun, 235
cliililgcugu, so
Clllld-Splfltï¬Å, su ply of, sss
Children, desire For, 231 ; of Malekula.
clzaractei of. 18; reincarnation 0!
Spirits ll], 558
“ ciicliug sci pigs," 2&9
Circumcision among Big Nflrnbflfl, lo,
I4; umlidates, seclusion cf, 233;
candidates. tluashing of, zes, »
operation described, 283; rites among
Big Nambas, 290-4
Clairvoyants, uses 0! at beginning of
illness, 590
Clam (Giant), Ambst and, legend of,
618; Butwinabaghap and the,
629, 630, G33
Clan as land-owning unit, 00 ; fertility
ceremony of (nuruI1),548,-—-rites,
e1o; gong-rhythm characteristic to
each, 136; lend, wlnmon, 179;
land in Snniang, sub-division nl,
l7Z; magician, duties of, 893;
megicinns, exclusive POSQGSSOYS of
astronomical knowledge in Seniaug,
115; magicians (Nsmughu! no ha)
cvl Melpmes. method of burial, Sélill ;
uiagicicuu of Melpmes, journey to
Xe: Namalb, 563; magicians, six
months’ seclusion before induction
to cmce. 694: magicians, ciicie nl
planting and harvesting vi yams
decided by, I75 ; mombcrsllip, dull,
l4l, 142, H8; nlulnbership 0!,
prohibitions to marriage based upon,
ls~l ; of the spouse, regulations
to bu observed with regard t0, S97
or (lesolznt gwnp, mm! temu,
running from one to uic other. e2;
organization, social aspect uf, sa:
Overlordship oi, dorrunant with
regard to land, l79; village,
"parent sazzrcd ‘place 01 (Nem-
bvvnbrhan), 53; villages, "parent"
and " oflspring sa
Clans, distinctive g<>ug»iluyniiuu of, 2s :
distxlbuï¬Åon oi, 25: exogamous.
division into, 52 ; in single district,
hostilities between, 211 ; irldividuali
iiuiubcc 0! villages occupied by, 53:
linked, 143; linked, marriage
between prohibited, 143; list oi,
With respective noglw objects, eos ;
marriages between, prohibition oi,
l32, I83; of Semlmg uiul wilcmp.
list of, with totem: Lnd Nnnlll,
599402; of Seniang, Wllempi
south cuastal districts and Mewun.
distinctive gonpbems of, 54-71
puicur village: of, !M;r€d plcccc
attuned Q0, 589
Clnnaman and non-clanslnlm, oflence of
truxpase as distinguished between, an
Classiï¬Åcatury system of Malekulau
kinship, 70, 75, 76, 77
Climatic diflerences in Mqlslnlla, 1
cliinbiug by man in presence cl
mother-in-law forbidden. 35
Clothes. making oi. as
Clulz-house, Men's (Amal), 40, 41, 167,
339, 3402 arrangement of, 24;
picmicc of rnmbammp in, sss ;
purposes for which used, 23; S51!
alsn Amal
Club-houseï¬Å, men's, 27, 36
Clubl, Malekulall, ï¬Åve varieties Of.
description, zle
Coastal region. soutlrwest, villages Of,
names with clan gong, s9
O0CWll1t, association with Hanlbat
(uucica buiugl, 187; lauunhing of,
after lllnera. , 570, 571 7 rich
vocabulary wnnected With, I87, l83£
sanctity of, 1&1; sprouting, in
earnest of payment of pigs, 197
Coco-nut oil, anointing of bride with,
H5, 155, I62
Dom-nut trees, tabu-rnnrk ant up Q0
gum. 188. lee
Coco-nutl, 177; eflect of on child-
beeï¬Ång, zsl ; magic to ensure
gmwth ni. 668 ; protection of, 188
195. —~ by magic, see
Cddiazflm uzrisgaluin, 4
Codrlngtou, R, ll. (<Â¥wtedj, 10s
Conch, ritual signi icance el, 498;
bluwers nt Nimzngki, 858
Condominium, in regard to liquor,
xix ; unutislnctory working cl, xix
CODfll0l3, rules of, lo: mun visiting
wile’! viuugu, IOD; Slnlldflldfl ul, in
Mflekulan society, so
Cook, cuï¬Åpuiiii, in company with his
men, ice Europeans to land on
Maleluzla. I8
Conklng 0f evening rum, :41
ccpiu trade, l77
Copulation. (requency in dis-
couraged, 155; time and place for,
155 ; when ï¬Årst pennitbed, 149
Cmil (an-nation, islands of, separated
from east coast of Mnlekllla, 3
Curdyhne lermivlfllis, 4
Counter-megifl, 604, 664: necessity of
peifuffflflflfle cl, ass
Cousins, res Cross-oousins
Creation, the (mm and -fnllslltivul, 730
Creeper, cl~iilu- who was swamhcwed by
(um and lrnnslaï¬Ånfl], 7:40
Cross-cousins, anomalous grou ings of
in Malull and Ten Matou, 1l,S, I20 ;
nlarnage between iii Mewun fur»
hidden, 95; maternal, i.fl0fl'B-lOl!
clucciug cl, lze, 128 ; paternal and
maternal, crosilng 0!, in Urlgiv, l24,
— anomalous Glaser of, l 5. 128
Cmtnu, importance 12% in‘ eyes of
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